Adjustable supporting-stick for plants.



PATENTED FEB. 11,' 1908.

H. & A. HEUBNER. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORTING STICK FOR PLANTS;

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' HENRY HEUBNER AND ADAM HEUBNER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORTING-STICK FOR PLANTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY HEUBNER and ADAM HEUBNER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Supporting-Sticks for Plants and r they do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to adjustable supporting sticks for plants, andour object is to provide a non-destructible stick whereby the same maybe used from year to, year.

Afurther object is to provide an adjustable means for engaging andholding the plant.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing which is made a part of this application,the figure is a perspective view of the plant stick complete, showingthe same applied to use.

Referring to the drawing, in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts, 1 indicates a stick which is preferably constructedof metal, and provided with a point 2 at one end, so that the same maybe readily inserted in the ground.

In order to hold the plant in an upright position while the same isgrowing, we secure to the stick 1 a holder 3,- the outer end of which isformed into a loop 4, which is adapted to surround the'growing plant,and in order to readily engage the loop with the plant, a space 5 isleft between the free end of the loop and the body of the holder, sothat the plant may be inserted into the loop by entering the samethrough the space.

The opposite end of the holder 3 is adjustably secured to the stick 1,by forming a portion of the holder into a socket 6, which isaccomplished by twisting a portion of the holder around the stick, andin order to positively hold the holder in its adjusted osition, the freeend of that portion of the liolder forming the socket is so arranged asto form a spring finger7,which extends downwardly from the socket 6, andinto engagement with the surface of the stick, so that the pressure ofthe free end of the finger on the stick will cant the socket and causethe same to bind on the stick, which together with the pressure of thefinger on the stick will positively hold the holder in its adjustedposition.

In operation the stick is entered into the earths surface adjacent theplant, and the holder moved downwardly on the stick until the plant canbe engaged with the loop 4, and as the plant grows, the holder isgradually moved upwardly on the stick thereby keeping the holderadjacent the upper end of the plant, which will result in holding theplant in a vertical position until such time as the plant has reachedthe stage of growth to be self-supporting, when, if desired, the holdingstick may be entirely removed.

It will thus be seen that we have provided a very cheap and economicalform of support for plants, and one that will. last indefinitely, and itwill further be seen that the holding device for the plant may beadjusted from time to time to keep pace with the growth of the plant.

What I claim is:

The herein described supporter for plants comprising the combinationwith a stick having a point at the lower end thereof, of a holder onsaid stick, said holder being formed from one section of material, aloop formed at one end of said holder by bending the material incircular form, a space being left between the free end of the loop andthe body of the holder through which a plant is adapted to be introducedinto the loop, a socket at the opposite end of the'body por tion of theholder formed by twisting a portion of the holder around the stick and afinger formed at the lower end of said socket wardly and at a tangent tothe axial plane of the stick whereby pressure will be directed againstthe stick and the socket canted on the stick.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY HEUBNER. ADAM HEUBNER.

Witnesses:

J OHN TREIBER, FRANK BENNER.

by extending the free end of the holder down-

